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This thread centers around the daily Wordle game from the New York Times, where participants share their results, strategies, and experiences. The discussion includes personal anecdotes, strategies for guessing words, and reflections on the game's impact on cognitive skills.

Discussion Character

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  • Conceptual clarification
  • Meta-discussion

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants share their Wordle results, indicating varying levels of success, with scores ranging from 1 to 6 attempts.
  • Several users discuss their strategies for choosing starting words, with mentions of specific words like 'EARLY', 'PIOUS', and 'ADIEU'.
  • One participant notes the surprising number of five-letter words in English and reflects on the difficulty of the game.
  • There are personal anecdotes about family members' engagement with word games, including Wordle, Sudoku, and crosswords.
  • Some participants express a competitive spirit in playing Wordle with partners or family members.
  • Discussion includes a comparison of Wordle to other games, such as Mastermind, highlighting differences in gameplay mechanics.
  • Participants speculate on the timing of Wordle updates and how it may vary based on local time zones and device settings.
  • One user shares their experience playing Wordle in both English and Spanish, noting differences in guessing success rates.
  • There are corrections and clarifications regarding the validity of certain word guesses, such as 'FHLMN'.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a variety of opinions and experiences regarding strategies and the nature of the game, with no clear consensus on the best approaches or the implications of playing Wordle on cognitive skills.

Contextual Notes

Some discussions involve assumptions about the game's rules and the validity of word guesses, which may not be universally agreed upon. There are also references to personal experiences that may not apply to all players.

Who May Find This Useful

This thread may be of interest to fans of word games, particularly those who enjoy sharing strategies and results, as well as those curious about the social dynamics of competitive gameplay.

  • #7,981
dwarde said:
Wordle 1,633 4/6

⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜
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Unlucky with the start word, huh?
 
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  • #7,982
Wordle 1,634 4/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 SATIN remaining: 11 old/ 1 new/ 4 used
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 2/0/4
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 1/0/0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

global mean: 3.913

hard mode:
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CHUMP remaining: 1151(includes old, new, and used)
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 108
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 5 (3 of which are Orodruin 1.000)
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 1, of course
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My ultimate goal in hard mode strategy is not the least number of moves, but never getting a 7.
 
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  • #7,983
Wordle 1,634 4/6*

🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛⬛⬛🟩🟩
🟩⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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  • #7,984
OmCheeto said:
Wordle 1,634 4/6

🟩⬛⬛🟨🟨 SATIN remaining: 11 old/ 1 new/ 4 used
⬛⬛⬛⬛🟩 2/0/4
🟩🟩🟩⬛🟩 1/0/0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

global mean: 3.913

hard mode:
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CHUMP remaining: 1151(includes old, new, and used)
🟨⬛⬛⬛⬛ 108
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ 5 (3 of which are Orodruin 1.000)
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 1, of course
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

My ultimate goal in hard mode strategy is not the least number of moves, but never getting a 7.

OK, so now you're doing both?! You show-off you! :woot:

EDIT: Added hypen to "showoff" because of my "OCD". :wink:

EDIT2: Added a smiley to my first EDIT lest people think I'm making fun of the condition.... wait... I obviously haven't thought this through. No more EDITs though.
 
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  • #7,985
Wordle 1,634 5/6

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #7,986
dwarde said:
Wordle 1,634 5/6

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟨⬜🟩
🟩⬜🟩🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Did you destroy a mirror or something? Or maybe scatterbrained for other reasons? It's none of my business but I'm almost worried. It's not like you! :frown:
 
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  • #7,987
[EXPLETIVE DELETED]!

Wordle 1,635 6/6*

⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
⬛🟩🟩⬛🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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  • #7,988
sbrothy said:
Did you destroy a mirror or something? Or maybe scatterbrained for other reasons? It's none of my business but I'm almost worried. It's not like you! :frown:
Like we sometimes say in this country: "it"s just the way the cookie crumbles.
 
  • #7,989
Wordle 1,635 3/6

🟨🟨⬛⬛⬛ SALON, remaining: 7 old/11 new/27 used
🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩 1/0/4
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

global mean: 3.768

hard mode
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CHUMP remaining: 1151
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ NOWTY 222
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ BIELD 22
🟨🟨⬛🟨🟨 SAFER 1, the best Orodruin word @ 2.048
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #7,990
Wordle 1,635 3/6

🟨🟨⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟨⬜🟨🟨
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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  • #7,991
Really dropped the ball there. Talk about ironic solution. Meh.

Wordle 1,636 X/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛🟨
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩⬛🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩

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  • #7,992
Wordle 1,636 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟩⬛ ROAST remaining: 12 old/ 11 new/ 9 used
⬛🟩⬛⬛⬛ MUHLY 1/0/1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 GUESS

Global mean: 3.905

hard mode
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ CHUMP 215 remaining
⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛ FUDGY 17
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟨 GUISE 2
🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ GUEST 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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  • #7,993
Wordle 1,636 3/6

🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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  • #7,994
Wordle 1,637 4/6

⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ STEAL remaining: 41 old/22 new/83 used
⬛⬛🟩🟨⬛ HOURI 5/0/0
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ BUNKO 1/0/0 Orod/Om hybrid 1.000 word. Could have gone 5 without it.
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

global mean: 3.600

hard mode
🟨⬛🟩⬛⬛ CHUMP 12 remaining
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 SNUCK 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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  • #7,995
Back on track!

Wordle 1,637 3/6*

⬛🟩⬛🟨⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟨
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  • #7,996
Wordle 1,637 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
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  • #7,997
dwarde said:
Wordle 1,637 5/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Wow. You just keep giving, huh?! o0)

(Not that I have much to brag about!)
 
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  • #7,998
That should have gone better. I effed up.

Wordle 1,638 6/6*

🟨🟨⬛⬛🟨
⬛🟨🟨🟨⬛
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛
⬛🟩🟨🟨🟨
⬛🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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  • #7,999
Wordle 1,638 4/6

⬛🟨🟨⬛🟨 URINE remaining: 13 old/20 new/17 used
⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ DELFT 6/8/2
🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ SKIMP 1/0/0
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Global mean: 4.091

Hard Mode
⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ CHUMP 162 remaining
🟩🟩⬛⬛🟨 MILTS 3
🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ MISSY 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

I think I'm getting a handle on hard mode. While some logic is backwards from regular play, other logic is the same.
 
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  • #8,000
Finally done with school for the year [and, more importantly, olympiads and AoC] , which means I can get back into my old habits like wordle and chatting on PF again :)
Wordle 1,638 4/6*

🟨⬛⬛🟩🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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  • #8,001
Wordle 1,638 3/6

🟨⬜⬜🟩⬜
⬜🟨⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
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  • #8,002
Wordle 1,639 3/6

⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ TRIAL remaining: 22 old/13 new/41 used
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 PEGHS 2/0/1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Global mean: 4.114

Hard Mode
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CHUMP remaining: 1151
⬛⬛🟨🟩⬛ TOWNY 5
🟩🟩⬛🟩🟩 SWANG 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #8,003
Wordle 1,639 5/6

🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜🟩⬜🟨
🟩🟨🟩⬜⬜
🟩⬜🟩🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #8,004
Wordle 1,640 4/6

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ LEANT remaining: 83 old/87 new/125 used
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 MOUSY 5/13/13 = 31 total
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 CHORD 2/1/0 = 3 total
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Global mean: 4.633

Hard Mode
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CHUMP 1151 remaining
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩 TOWNY 31
🟨🟩🟩⬛🟩 GODLY 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Interesting how if I hadn't been lucky with my 4th guess in standard mode, my hard mode score would have beat it.
It's also odd that the remaining number of words after my second guesses was the same, even though the four words only shared 4 letters out of 10.
Wordle is weird.
 
  • #8,005
Tough one
 
  • #8,006
Tough one.

Wordle 1,640 6/6

⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #8,007
I use this word so often...
Wordle 1,640 4/6*

⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
⬛🟩⬛⬛🟩
⬛🟩⬛🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

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  • #8,008
Wordle 1,641 3/6

⬛⬛⬛🟨🟩 RINSE remaining: 9 old/6 new/32 used
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ CAULK 1/0/1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Global mean: 4.395

Hard Mode
⬛⬛🟨⬛⬛ CHUMP 215 remaining
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛ FUDGY 11
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 ARGUE 2
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩 VOGUE 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #8,009
It was right in front of me. ?:)

Wordle 1,641 6/6

🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩⬜⬜🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 
  • #8,010
Wordle 1,642 4/6

🟨⬛⬛🟨⬛ RENAL remaining: 28 old/20 new/67 used
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ MOCHY 5/5/18
⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨 BURKA 1/1/10
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Global mean: 4.100

hard mode
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ CHUMP 1151
⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ TOWNY 222
🟩⬛⬛⬛🟩 GILDS 1
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
 

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